A striped racer, also known as the California whipsnake, is a species of non-venomous snake native to the coast and foothills of California. It is a long, slender, and fast-moving snake, identified by its distinctive stripes running down the length of its body. They primarily feed on lizards and small rodents. The scientific name for this species is Masticophis lateralis.
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A pterygoid bone. Pterygoid bone (Anat.), a bone whichcorresponds to the inner plate of the pterygoid process of the humanskull, but which, in all vertebrates below mammals, is not connectedwith the posterior nares, but serves to connect the palatine boneswith the point of suspension of the lower jaw.-- Pterygoid process (Anat.), a process projecting downward fromeither side of the sphenoid bone, in man divided into two plates, aninner and an outer. The posterior nares pass through the space,called the pterygoid fossa, between the processes.
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